I'm writing to object strongly to the proposal to allocate a FURTHER 125 houses to our little village of Loxwood, In addition to the 60 already allocated in the current CDC Local Plan.

Our house was badly damaged by flooding six years ago because the sewage pipes were overwhelmed by heavy rain. The drains literally burst, blowing manhole covers out of the ground and swamping our house with thousands of litres of sewage and floodwater.

The damage bill was thousands of pounds. My garden had to be dug up with a digger to try to redirect the floodwaters away from the house.

At the time of this disaster, Southern Water's representatives who came here on site visits confirmed the problem was simple : Loxwood's sewage pipes were already overloaded. The entire system was running at beyond capacity.

Since then, many houses have already been built. Goodness knows what will happen during the next big rains.

Also since then, many houses have been added to our crowded little village....60 are on the plan....and your Council is talking about adding another 125! It's lunacy.

None of our neighbouring villages have been allocated additional housing. I fear this is simply because developers have managed to lay their hands on land which owners are happy to swap for quick cash.

As well, the south end of the village where we live has one of the most dangerous stretched of road...the B2133 at Vicarage Hill where cars ignore the 30 mph zone and fly up and down the hill at 60 mph and worse, using our road as a rat run. These cars screaming through the village, past buses, a pub, the Church are a critical danger, especially to locals just trying to drive slowly and carefully on their own local roads to the village shop or where ever. More housing will only worsen this ever present danger.

Loxwood can not and must not have this inflicted on it.